Acts 13:48

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the Word of the Lord; and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When the Gentiles heard this - Heard that the gospel was to be preached to them. The doctrine of the Jews had been that salvation was confined to...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were (t) ordained to eternal life believed. (t)...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Result: the Missionaries leave Antioch. Acts 13:42 reads as if the congregation as a whole invited the preachers to speak to them again on t...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

ordained . appointed. Greek. tasao. Here, Acts 15:2 ; Acts 22:10 ; Acts 28:23 . Matthew 28:16 ; Luke 7:8 ; Romans 13:1 ; 1 Corinthians 16:15...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

48. And when the Gentiles heard. The matter of the Gentiles’ joy was this, [viz.] when they heard that they were not called to salvation at...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1780 THE GENTILES RECEIVE THE GOSPEL Acts 13:46-48 . Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of G...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. As many...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

As many as were ordained to eternal life— We observe, 1st, upon this text, that whatever the exact meaning of the word rendered ordained may be,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

St. Paul as a Missionary 1. Prophets] see on Acts 11:27 . Simeon that was called Niger ] Niger was a Roman cognomen. Lucius of Cyrene ] doubtle...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Antioch of Pisidia. St. Paul's Sermon in the Synagogue. The cities which the apostles now proceeded to evangelise (Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lyst...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

As many as were ordained to eternal life believed ] This expresses the Pauline and Apostolic doctrine of predestination, according to which God desi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord. — Both verbs are in the tense of continued action. The joy was not an evanescent burst of emoti...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jews Reject, Gentiles Accept, the Gospel Acts 13:38-52 The doctrine of justification by faith, so closely associated with the work of Paul, is...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first most distinctly missionary movement sprang from Antioch, and was independent of all official initiation. A company of those in Antioch sent...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. (43) Now when th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the Gentiles heard this ,.... That it was the will of God, and the command of Christ, that the Gospel should be preached to them; by whom a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. Ver....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And when the Gentiles heard this That such things had been prophesied concerning them many ages ago, and that the way was now open for their admiss...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

From this time our attention is drawn particularly to the work of Saul, whose name is in this chapter changed to Paul, meaning "little," for one who...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Paul at Antioch in Pisidia. 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue,...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When the Gentiles heard this they were glad; there can be no true rest or peace in any to whom Christ is not manifested; the apostle telling us, th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul And His Company Preach in Pisidian Antioch. (13:13-52). Paul ‘and his company' (thus there were at least one or two others besides Mark) left...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Consequences of Paul's Speech (13:43-52). The principle behind the words of Habakkuk were remarkably ‘fulfilled'. Many of the Jews who were th...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And as the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.' The great cr...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 13:45 . Contradicting and blaspheming .—The best MSS. Omit “contradicting” (Lachmann, Westcott and Hort); but as it is nei...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 13:13-14 . Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned to Jerusal...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 13:13 . Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem....
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 13:1 . The church that was at Antioch, which was counted one of the five apostolic churches. It is the true church by way of eminence, the sy...
The Biblical Illustrator

Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia. Perga in Pamphylia Because Perga was little known Pamphylia...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words. Growth of apostolic power 1. There are always unexpec...
The Biblical Illustrator

And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad. Right relation to the truth On hearing the gospel the Gentiles-- I. Were glad. 1. This...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 13:1 At Antioch., in the Church that was there for in the Church that was at Antioch, A.V.; prophets, etc., for cert...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 16:15 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:13 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:14 ; 2 Thessalonians 3:1 ; Acts 15:2 ; Acts 2:47 ; Acts 20:13 ; Acts 22:10 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As many as were ordained to eternal life — St. Luke does not say fore — ordained. He is not speaking of what was done from eternity, but of what wa...

⁴⁸ And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

Related Commentaries of Acts 13:48

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 13:48